3.0.0 1129 2023-01-11T13:18:59Z 2023-01-11T13:18:59Z Senate S S 2009-05-21 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-05-21T18:40:30Z Pathways to College Act 111 2579 HR 2009-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Related bill CRS 2009-05-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5827-5829) IntroReferral 2009-05-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5826-5827) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2009-05-21 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-07-06 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2009-11-03 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-12-10 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] ARLEN SPECTER D PA 2009-12-18 False Education Academic performance and assessments Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Higher education Performance measurement Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2009-05-21 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-03T19:52:36Z Pathways to College Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive five-year grants to local educational agencies that serve mostly high-need high schools for programs to increase the number of students from low-income families who attend college. Defines "high-need high schools" as those where at least one-half of the students are from low-income families.

Requires grantees to use such funds to: (1) train teachers and counselors to provide students with advice concerning postsecondary education; (2) implement a comprehensive college guidance program for all students which exposes them to postsecondary information and planning assistance before the end of their first semester of high school; (3) ensure that their schools develop comprehensive, school-wide plans of action to strengthen their college-going culture; (4) create or maintain a postsecondary access center in each school that provides information on colleges and universities, career opportunities, and financial aid options; and (5) provide a setting in which professionals working in college access programs can meet with students.

Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees in calculating and analyzing their college-going rates and adopting best practices for elevating such rates.

Requires grantees periodically to evaluate the success of their grant activities and use the evaluations to refine such activities and their performance measures.

Directs the Secretary to conduct an independent evaluation of the grant program which includes an assessment of the program's affect on high school graduation and college-going rates.

]]> Pathways to College Act Display Title Pathways to College Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies to improve college enrollment. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Pathways to College Act Introduced in Senate 2009-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1129is/xml/BILLS-111s1129is.xml 2009-05-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5827-5829) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.